Devil May Cry/Trivia

• Did Not Do the Research: Despite what the anime might lead you to think, the games have never had Japanese voice acting.
• Dyeing for Your Art: Reuben Langdon, Dante's Ink Suit Actor, had his hair dyed for the Japanese commercial of Devil May Cry 3. And he looks ALMOST exactly like Dante does in Devil May Cry 3.
• Executive Meddling: According to Ninja Theory, Dante's massive redesign was pushed by Capcom themselves, having tried not to stray too far from the original template before being pushed to "go crazy with it".
• Fan Nickname:
  • Vante: the red-wearing Vergil clone fought in Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition by Vergil.
  • Duntee: Dante in Devil May Cry 2.
  • Desperation/Desperate Devil Trigger (abbreviated as DDT): the Devil Trigger Majin Form, an alternative version of Dante's Super Mode, only usable when his health is in the red, where he transforms into a towering behemoth with Nigh Invulnerability and the ability to mow down everything (from generic Mooks to the Final Boss) with ludicrous ease.
  • Ichigo: Nero because he has the same voiceover, a BFS and the same attitude as him.
    • Bankai: Nero's Devil Trigger. Also, the shockwaves he creates can be referred to as Getsuga Tenshou.
    • Orihime: Kyrie because of her hair and voice actress, as well as her clothes resembling Orihime's when she is a hostage of the Arrancars.
    • In fact, Devil May Cry 4 is sometimes called Bleach May Cry.
  • Captain Awesome: Hero Antagonist Credo from Devil May Cry 4.
  • Not!Dante, Donte, Don'te, DINO (Dante In Name Only) Hipster!Dante, Domteem, Tamante, Edward Cullen, Matthew Patel, Diego - Dante's new design in DmC: Devil May Cry, the seemingly In Name Only Continuity Reboot of the series.
    • Dante May Cry, Dante Made Crappy, Disappoints Many Customers, Dick Move Capcom: the game itself, provided via acronyms from the Hatedom.
    • In the same vein, DmC is also called Tameem May Cry, as Dante has been redesigned to resemble Tameem Antoniades, Ninja Theory's chief designer. This is further twisted into Tameem Will Cry, as fans don't like his smug attitude regarding the changes made for the game, as well as what they perceive as him spiting on the history of the original Dante.
    • Providing further ammunition to those declaring In Name Only is the fact that this new "Dante" is half angel instead of half human. Yeah.
• Flip-Flop of God: Ninja Theory's DmC: Devil May Cry seems to have gone from a prequel, to a Continuity Reboot, to an alternate universe with each new interview on the matter.
• Hey, It's That Voice!: Nero is voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch, who also did the English voicing for Ichigo Kurosaki and Vash the Stampede. Vergil is voiced by Daniel Southworth, who was the Quantum Ranger on Power Rangers Time Force. Quantum Power!
  • They both also did the Motion Capture for their respective roles. Yes, including all the stunts and martial arts.
  • Lady is Kari Wahlgren and Kyrie is Stephanie Sheh.
  • Liam O'Brien voiced Sanctus.
  • Mary Elizabeth McGlynn voices Nevan in Devil May Cry 3 and Echidna in Devil May Cry 4. Kyle Hebert voices Baal and Dagon in Devil May Cry 4. As for Credo, he's covered wars, ya know.
  • Wait a sec... Mundus (Tony Daniels) is Gambit's second VA? And Wiseman and Jedite?! Considering the second, it's very fitting.
• No Export for You: The two-volume novelization of Devil May Cry 4.
• The Other Darrin: Dante's voice actors. They didn't bring one back for a second game until Devil May Cry 4.
  • This is made even more jarring if one considers Dante's appearance as a Secret Character in the PS2 version of Viewtiful Joe. Although it came out a year after Devil May Cry 2 (where he was voiced by Matthew Kaminsky), Dante's voice actor is the same as the original game (Drew Coombs). In other words, it went from Drew Coombs, to Matthew Kaminsky, back to Drew Coombs, and then finally to Reuben Langdon, who has been voicing Dante ever since Devil May Cry 3.
    • This doesn't even factor in Dante's other out-of-universe appearance as an Guest Fighter in Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne, where Dante's voice actor is Kaminsky again (however, it's just a case of reusing his grunts and warcries from Devil May Cry 2).
    • It would appear that Dante is being Darrin'd again for the reboot.
  • Trish's VA was also subjected to this, as it changed from Sarah Lafleur in Devil May Cry 1 to Danielle Burgio in Devil May Cry 4. It would seem that out of all of the recurring characters (what few there are), only Lady has kept her VA (Kari Wahlgren).
• Throw It In: The juggling ability was born from a glitch in Onimusha, which allowed you to do just that with enemies. It was fixed before release, but it was so Crazy Awesome that Capcom had to reuse it somewhere.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Dante was set to appear in Soulcalibur III, but didn't quite make the roster. It's a shame, considering the Guest Fighters in both previous and subsequent titles.
  • Arkham was originally going to go by the name of Hyne (pronounced Hai-neh), but Reuben Langdon (Dante) didn't think it would work in English and convinced Capcom to change it. Jester was also named Joker early on in production.
  • Nero was originally going to be named Rodin, after the famed French sculptor who once created a motif of a Hell Gate mentioned in The Divine Comedy.
  • Devil May Cry is the result of an early concept for Resident Evil 4 which was ditched because the ability to juggle zombies with your gun forever wasn't scary enough.
• The Wiki Rule: The Devil May Cry Wiki.